MORE AERIAL POLITICS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 177, 13 August 1937, Page 3

MORE AERIAL POLITICS

-Pre'ss Aisocistion.)

FuIIer Parliamentary Broadcasts UNADULTERATED TRUTH

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[ • .WELLINGTON, Last Night. ; Greater use of ihe radio service 'in! broadcasting "ihe ' activities of Parlia-J . ment as well as information of an[ administrative- character i's conteinplat- j !ed by the Government -in. future. The i jopening of Parliament, the p.re8entatiou| , ]of the*KnahciaI*Stafemeht-aiid several;' Jof the more lmpdrtanfc" dehafes in thei [House of Repre.ientatives were broai-; jcast last year. '' j "We ihtend ,to make greater use of' jthe broadcasting service in -broadcasting 'Parliament,^'" said* J tlie Primei 'Minister: pn an mterview- - to-night.'' "^Ve Trill'; jeertainly do more in future than in f he rpast. There was a gap last session' jbecause we had to deal with *a lot ofj 'matters it would not be easy" to.followi iover the air.' I have ihad a number of; .communications from people who ex-i pressed themselves. as well satisfi'edi. jwith the broadcasts from ' Parliament; •and said they want more. There is) ;such a. thing as the misuse of the broad- ; jcasting service, but we are not going j to. do that. We are going to. use it to provide facts for the people not only, .of a legislative but also of an adminis-; .trative character. ) "We will tell the people what is hap-j pening from week. to week. We will,; ■for instance, put over the air facts! about .the various State Departments: and tell listeners what they are doing. ' ;If we supply evidence • without com-. ment we will have done our duty." • Mr. Savage said no oue could chargei the Government with unfairness ovexj thfe arrangements, made fpr speakers] in.debates broadcast fr.orn the House ofj Eepresegtatiyes last session.. "Whetheri two people or ten people are speakingj it is just as well to have the thing! properly analysedji' added- the Prime Minister. ."The , thing that counts is not the strehgth of parties but the strength of argumerit. ' We, h'a've no intention to take advantage of . thei Opposition. People are entitled to' in-' f ormation from time ' to time without) .propaganda, . We'don'.t want propa-' ganda. That is pofc the -thing that ' counts. The thing -that counts is. the; • unadulterated truth. Let • the people: know the facts ahd leave .them to form! tlieir own judgment.'' . ■_ • J- '